Fairy-kei is a Japanese fashion tribe based around a very “cute” look that is often seen on young women the Harajuku area of Tokyo. Girls who are into Fairy-kei often wear pastel colors including pink, purple, and yellow. Common clothing items in Fairy-kei outfits include tulle skirts, cute graphic t-shirts, and 1980s toys, plush animals and charms as accessories. Some of the top fashion brands in the Fairy-kei scene include Spank!!!, 6%DOKIDOKI, Nile Perch, and ManiaQ.
Harajuku Fashion Walk is an event with which regular readers of TokyoFashion.com are very familiar. In addition to reporting on several of the main Harajuku Fashion Walk events, we had a great time last month at the Harajuku Fashion Walk
Sayuri Tabuchi, aka Tavuchi, is a well-known fashion figure in Tokyo. For years she's been running Spank!, a hugely influential store and brand based in Tokyo's Koenji neighborhood. Spank! and its Shibuya sister store Spank me! are perfect for those
Here's an 18-year-old Japanese student named Hikari who we met in Harajuku. A couple of the elements of her look - the pastel color pallet and the 1980s references - are commonly seen in fairy kei fashion. Hikari's outfit features
Halloween may not yet be as popular in Japan as it is in the West, but more and more people here celebrate the spooky holiday every year. One of the reasons that Japanese people love Halloween is the same reason
Here are two extra-super colorfully dressed pink-haired Harajuku-ites who you just might recognize - it's Kumamiki and Junnyan! Not only are they both regularly seen in Japanese fashion magazines, but they are also two of the organizers of the Harajuku
Harajuku is famous around the world for its colorful-crazy-and-fun fashion scene. Even in Harajuku, though, you don't often see a group of fifty girls and guys dressed up in candy colors (fairy kei, punk, Harajuku brands, handmade, Lolita & other
This is Hazuki, a 16-year-old Japanese high school student who we met in Harajuku. Her style definitely appears to take some inspiration from Fairy Kei, but it's a more streamlined/clean look than many of the busy full-blown Fairy Kei outfits
Here's 17-year-old Erina, a Japanese high school student who we met on the street in Harajuku. Her pastel fairy kei-inspired outfit caught our attention right away. Erina is wearing a baby blue star-and-bows adorned top from Harajuku's Nile Perch, a
Here are a couple of fun Japanese girls in brightly colored summer fashion. Eye-catching as their style is, it wasn't a hard decision to ask if we could photograph these girls when we spotted them on Omotesando Dori in Harajuku.
6%DOKIDOKI, Harajuku's only "Sensational Lovely Shop", are always up for a party - especially when the party is called "Harajuku Kawaii" and includes a fashion show! When Tokyo entertainment and model management company AsobiSystem held a huge bash for their
